1- Drop the constraint first.
2- Alter the column.
3- recreate the constraint again.
ALTER TABLE dbo.TPURENTRY
DROP CONSTRAINT TPURENTRY_ADDITIONNALINFO_DF
GO
ALTER TABLE dbo.TPURENTRY
ALTER COLUMN ADDITIONNALINFO VARCHAR(MAX) NULL
GO
ALTER TABLE dbo.TPURENTRY
ADD CONSTRAINT TPURENTRY_ADDITIONNALINFO_DF DEFAULT '' FOR ADDITIONNALINFO
GO